monday at commission, our new vice chair got on somebody because they used "disabled housing" instead of housing for people with disabilities.......... she said, "i don't know what disabled housing looks like". sigh............
I thought of my poem, "the cerebral palsy lady", and wondered what she would say about that.
and about the local comic who says; oh oh i see wheelchair girl, when he sees me.
it's truly insane, and sigh................ and i knew it had gone overboard when i was reading the disability studies listserv, and, this professor was saying the expression;
"Stand your ground" was hurtful to folks who can't stand,,,,,,,,,, GMAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:36:17 AM
Subject: Re: what were your childhoods like?
Kendall and all.
Back a couple years ago when I was completing my career as a
professional part-time student <insert melancholy sigh here> my academic
adviser and department chair (communications) also happened to be the
Campus Commissar for Political Correctness. In order to complete the
program I had to take one of her silly courses in "Contemporary
Subcultures", or some such nonsense. We delved into such varied and
esoteric topics as the "Schism Between Roman Catholicism and Greek
Orthodoxy as Expressed in Cathedral Architecture" (I kid you not) and
"Alternative Lifestyles and the Native American Experience".
Anyway, we got around to the evolution of social group names (e.g.,
"negro" became "black" became "African American") and how progressive
societies elevated social groups by making current labels offensive and
creating new labels that were supposed to magically raise socioeconomic
status. We were lectured ad nauseum about how hurtful these labels were
to said groups. Go figure.
So she got around to me and said, "Kyle, when you were a child, you were
'crippled', then you became 'disabled'. Our progressive society has
come to learn that 'disabled' still carries baggage, so you'll be
pleased to know that you are not DIS-abled, but 'differently abled'.
Doesn't that make you feel empowered?"
"Only if it scores me an "A" in this class", says I.
The sarcasm blew past her like a kid getting ready to score his first
beer.
Says Prof. PC, "Kyle, can you give us an example how your "different
abilities" have made your life "different"?
"Sure. I got this plastic thingy I can hang on my rear-view
mirror--looks like a guy sitting on a commode. Anyway, I can hang that
thing up and park right next to the mall at Christmas-time while the
rest of you have to drag your sorry arses a half-mile! (In the words of
Napoleon Dynamite, 'Lucky!')."
She STILL didn't get it!
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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Kendall D. Corbett
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 1:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: what were your childhoods like?
<snip>
I also don't see an accessible parking space (for example) as a
privilege,
but as a way for a business to assure that they'll get my business.
It's
too bad that enough businesses didn't see the economic advantages to
implementing the provisions of the ADA voluntarily, as pwd's (and
elders)
are potentially the largest segment of the economy. If businesses want
our
money and talent, it's incumbent upon them to ensure we can get in the
door,
and get around inside, as customers or employees.
I'd also be interested to hear about the "special privileges" your
disability has entitled you to.
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